GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 117

Short Title:  Expand Membership/Gov Ops Commission.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Soles.

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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February 17, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-74 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-74.  Appointment of members; terms of office.
The Commission shall consist of 34 members. The President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker pro tempore of the House, and the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 15 members from the House. The President pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint 15 members from the Senate. Vacancies created by resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the original appointing authority. Members shall serve two-year terms beginning and ending on January 15 of the odd-numbered years. Members shall not be disqualified from completing a term of service on the Commission because they fail to run or are defeated for reelection. Resignation or removal from the General Assembly shall constitute resignation or removal from membership on the Commission. "
Section 2.  The initial terms of the four additional members of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations that are added to the Commission in Section 1 of this act shall begin on appointment.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.